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WILLIAM A. FRENCH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MNNESGTA, ASSIGNOR TO Wlv. A. FRENCH FURNITURE COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTAQA COR-PGRATION.

HUMIDOR.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

'Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application lled October 21, 1913. Serial No. 796,379.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. FnnNGI-I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Humidors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in humidors and has for its object to provide a device in which cigars may be kept in good condition indefinitely.

It is a well-known fact that tobacco, and especially when it is in the form of cigars, becomes dried-out and loses its fragrance unless protected lin some way from the eifects of evaporation.

My invention provides a receptacle which is absolutely air-tight and, therefore, retains all the natural moisture and fragrance of the tobacco, keeping it in exactly the condi tion as when first placed in the humidor, and for an indefinite period of time.

The full objects and advantages of my Ainvention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of my invention in one form, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention with the front wall taken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the top thrown back, showing one l method of fastening the inner receptacle to the outer one. Figs. 3 and l show a modification. Fig. 3 shows a front elevation with the outline of the inner receptacle dotted in. Fig. 4L is a sectional elevation with the top thrown back, showing another method of fastening the inner receptacle to the outer.

In the preferred form of my invention an outer receptacle 10 is formed with the walls 11, 12, 13, 14: and a bottom 15. A top 16 is formed, fastened to the wall 12 by means of hinges 17 which permit its easy opening and closing. Top 16 is constructed to open until its rear wall coincides with that of wall 12. Vithin receptacle 10 is a second receptacle 18 formed of some non-corrodible material such as glass. Receptacle 18 has its four walls drawn in, forming a circular neck 19 on its top which is provided with a cover 20, preferably also made of glass and ground to form an air-tight joint. A handle or knob 21 is provided on cover 20 to permit its easy removal and replacement.

The cover 16 serves both as a protection for theglass receptacle and to make the humidor an ornamental object. An air-tight glass jar might be as 'effective in preserving the tobacco, but it would be unsightly, easily soiled and easily broken. By placing the glass jar in an outer receptacle made of highly polished wood, and providing it with a hinged cover, my humidor becomes an ornamentalobject suitable to be placed on a library table and also serves as a protection to the inner glass receptacle.

A partition 22 is fitted upon a shoulder 22 in receptacle 10 so as to serve as part of the bearing surface upon which cover 16 rests when in closed position. This partition is provided with an aperture in the center through which neck 19 extends, thus closing the lower part of receptacle 18 from View. In the preferred form of my invention, a ring 23 of wire or other suitable material is fastened around neck 19 at its juncture with the receptacle 18 proper. Fastened to ring 23, and spaced an equal distance apart, are wires 2A leading down the outside of receptacle 18 and fastened to the bottom thereof by means of screws 25. The ring and the wires serve to hold receptacle18 in close contact with receptacle 10.

In the modification of my invention, as

,shown in Figs. 8 and 4, partition 22 is rigidly fastened to receptacle 10 by means of screws 26, and is so formed as to press tightly against receptacley 18 and hold it firmly in place. In both the modification and the preferred form of my invention, a bottom cover 27 of felt or other suitable material may be provided to render the moving of the humidor noiseless and free from scratching. A locking device 28, as shown in Fig. 3, may also be provided to protect the contents ofthe humi'dor.

The use to which my invention may be put is apparent. IVhen cigars are received and are placed at once in the humidor of my invention, and the covers replaced, the moisture and fragrance of the tobacco is retained almost indefinitely. The humidor may be of any desired size, one that will hold about fifty cigars being probably the preferred size.

I claim:

1. A cigar-holding` receptacle comprising two compartments, one within the other, the inner compartment being formed of noncorrosive material impervious to the air, the

outer compartment.comprising an ornamental and protective covering for the inner compartment, said walls of the inner comy partment being restricted to form a circular neck with an opening at the top thereof, a wire around the circular neck, wires'spaced apart unyieldingly connecting the first.

named wire with the bottom of the outer compartment, means for fastening the wire Y compartment, said walls of the inner compartment being restricted to form a circular neck with an opening at the top thereof, means for holding said inner compartment the outer compartment, a partition dividing the outer compartment and having an aperture through which the 'said neck extends, and closures for the two compartments.

8. A liumidor comprising a Wooden outer case, a tobacco receptacle made of noncorrodible material impervious to air, the walls oi' said receptacle fitting closely witliincxtlie wallsv of said case, an air-tight stopper for the mouth of the receptacle, a neck at the topofthe receptacle, a collar encircling said neck, and means unyieldingly Connecting said collar with the bottom of the case.

l from independent movement in relation to ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. FRENCH.

Witnesses:

W. A; LUNDGREN, H. C. Es'rns.

Copies. of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

' y Washington, D. C. 

